This is an old steam ship in a bottle made. The ship has a black hull with 16 post holes on each side of the hull. The ship has three main deck areas; one in the bow, one mid-ship, and one in the stern. The deck in the bow area has railing and a natural colored deck floor. There is a triangular flag flying from a pole. The deck in the middle is actually two levels. The is railing around the lower level, and two huge smokestacks on the upper level. The stacks are red with black tops. Gray smoke billows from each stack. The stern deck has a red lifeboat hanging from a davit. The is a flag on the end of the stern. Each deck is painted white with a gold border around each deck.The ship has two masts with detailed rigging. The are booms on the lower part of each mast. The bottle is sealed with a wooden stopper that has a crosspiece going through the bottle side end, making it impossible to remove the stopper. There is round wooden cap on the outside.